Carmel Beach surf break

Carmel Beach surfForecast / CAL – Monterey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 17 Apr 2026 PDT
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Carmel Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Carmel Beach sea temperature is
14.4° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Carmel Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Carmel Beach at 2PM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)6ft (1.8m)10s
Afternoon (17 Apr)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (17 Apr)5ft (1.5m)10s

Table - waves today at Carmel Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
2
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.5
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
1
NW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)10101010101010109991414141414141414131313139
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)622527432424424348275230198159167165163160158154152149145141141139139137
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NW
20
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNW
15
WNW
10
W
5
NW
0
NW
5
WNW
5
SW
5
SW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
onglassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:27AM
1.21
10:52PM
1.74
12:26PM
1.15
11:29PM
1.79
1:30PM
1.09
12:11AM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:06AM
-0.17
4:40PM
0.42
5:54AM
-0.29
5:16PM
0.55
6:46AM
-0.36
5:55PM
0.67
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
Sunrise6:31-------6:30-------6:28-------
Sunset---7:43-------7:44-------7:45----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131517151313131212151414131313131313131413141313
Feels °C (?)891210111011991211121213121212111010101199
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